Judgment on a Penny Piece Reaches the House of Lords
Warre B. Wells reports in the New York Tribune that John Percy challenged a Glasgow street car conductor over a devalued penny. The House of Lords ruled in his favor, recognizing the fee-shifting provision for in forma pauperis suits.
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London
Law Lords
House of Lords
Supreme Court of Appeals
Lord Haldane
Lord Finlay
Lord Cave
Lord Dunedin
Lord Wrenbury
Iter Ots 2d
England
John Percy
Glasgow
Glasgow Corporation
Corporation
Scotland
Court of Appeal
Noah's Ark Was Only a Pyramid Mystery Says Egyptologist
Dr. C. E. Getsinger, visiting Los Angeles, claims Noah's Ark is the great pyramid of Cheops, built long before the pharaoh and containing three chambers symbolic of Noah’s sons. He says pyramids were submerged for thousands of years, with sea salt in inner passages and a North Star alignment. Atlantis and ancient Egypt reportedly survived by a remnant civilization with spiritual animals of the Zodiac.
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Los Angeles
C. E. Getsinger
Pyramids
Noah
Shem
Ham
Japhet
Getsinger
Doctor Getsinger
Aries
Taurus
Cancer
Leo
Scorpio
Capricornus
Pisces
St. Gemini
Virgo
Libra
Balance
Sagittarius
Archer
Aquarius
Atlantis
Egypt
Fontenelle Forest Reserve
Omaha
Missouri
Bellevue
Leo Stuhr
Department of Agriculture
G. G. Koster
Harold Gifford
Fontenelle Forest Association
Hamilton County
York County
Aurora
F. W. Bomber
South Omaha
Marconi unveils radio searchlight to guide ships at sea
Italian wireless wizard Senator Guglielmo Marconi announced a radio searchlight that can beam radio waves in a directed line like light. He claimed it could aid navigation in fog by establishing bearing to a lighthouse and detecting other vessels via reflected short waves, with experiments spanning about ninety-nine miles.
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New York
Guglielmo Marconi
Institute of Radio Engineers
American Institute of Electrical Engineers
Marconi
Cripple Accumulates Fortune in Allentown
Oscar M. Schierer, 55, died in Allentown and left an estate valued at $50,000. He built a prosperous business over forty years while confined to a chair due to rheumatism, running operations despite his infirmity.
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Allentown
Oscar M. Schierer
Schierer
Bees Implicated in Prohibition Violations in Clatsop County
County Agricultural Agent McMindes reports bootlegging operations in Clatsop County Oregon have produced alcohol flavored honey. Fermented mash dumped in remote spots leads bees to feed on it, resulting in hives with highly flavored contents.
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Clatsop County
Oregon
McMindes
Diamond in Crop Found After Hen Returns Lost Stone
Mrs. James Truman bought a chicken that yielded a lost diamond from its crop. Mrs. L. B. Roy recovered the ring stone, which had been missing from its setting, and returned it to the owner.
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Pilot Rock
James Truman
L. B. Roy
Truman
Medal Awarded to Verdun City and Chicago Hotel Plan
A 20 story 750 room bachelor hotel costing 4 million dollars will be built in Chicago and opened next spring by New York interests. Work starts within a month.
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U. S
City of Verdun
Chicago
New York City
Superior
Gage County
Evangelical Lutheran Synod of Missouri
Ohio
McCook
Norton Township
Knox County
Platte County
Nebraska
Charles B. Lawrence
George W. Marsh
Columbus
Lecron
Frank Higgins
Stella
Frank Howard
Pawnee City
Washakie the Shoshone Chief A Warrior of Peace and War
Elmo Scott Watson recounts Washakie born in Wind River country Wyoming, famed for friendship with whites and fierce defense of his people. He confronted a mutinous son, led scouts for Crook in 1876, and died February 21 1900 buried with military honors at Fort Washake Wyoming.
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Ecrush Washakie
Grant
Washakie
Wind River Country
Wyoming
Lewis and Clark
Blackfeet
Washakile
Crook
Fort Washakie
Wyo
United States Army
Germany
Chief Joseph Nez Perce story and Tanlac testimonial
The article recounts Chief Joseph and the Nez Perce escape across the American West, culminating in surrender in 1877 and his famous line I fight no more forever. It then features a Tanlac testimonial from James P. Humphreys praising relief from indigestion and fatigue after three years of illness.
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Canada
North America
Joseph
Wallowa
Oregon
Nez Perce
Idaho
Montana
Miles
Bear Paw Mountains
Xenophon
Colville Reservation
Nespelim
Wash
Tanlac
James P. Humphreys
Hebron Motor Co
Hebron
Holland
Not So Bad as It Could Be
A brief note from the Louisville Courier Journal mentions the Juggernaut car escaped serious damage, lacking a muffler cut-out to worsen the incident.
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Louisville Courier- Journal
A Bone to Pick Origin in Sicilian Marriage Custom
The phrase A Bone to Pick traces to Sicily where the father of the bride gives a bone to the groom and says Pick this bone you have undertaken a most difficult task. The note suggests married life among Sicilians could be unsettled.
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Sicily
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Denmark
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State Department of Trade and Commerce
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Pawnee
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Silas Knapp
Northwestern
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Ord
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Peru
Iowa
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Rose
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C. W. Skunz
Wood River
Charles E. Cobbey
Conner University
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Fairmont
Crete
Thomas Carraher
Spalding
Saline County
Elmo Scott Watson
Western Newspaper Union
Fletcher
Lydia E. Pinkham
Donaldsonville
Lydia
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T. A. Landry
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W.N. U
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